Equal Opportunities Policy

Purpose
To ensure that SkillsHub Limited can attract, retain and build superior relationships with employees, candidates and clients in our community, regardless of individual differences, promoting social and economic diversity. The aim of this policy is to inform of SkillsHub’s responsibilities for equal opportunities and our commitment to promoting diversity at work.
All members of staff must be aware of this Equal Opportunities Policy and should abide by its terms at all times including in their dealings with clients and candidates.

Scope
This policy applies to all job applicants, employees, contractors/consultants and any other employee or person acting on behalf of SkillsHub, who is concerned with the employment or engagement, or potential employment or engagement of people. The Equal Opportunities Policy will apply at all stages of recruitment. In addition, this policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

The Law
Employment equality law places heavy responsibilities on employers. Application of an Equal Opportunities Policy will help SkillsHub to ensure compliance with the requirements of equality legislation, and identify and eliminate hidden bias in employment practices and procedures.

Company’s Policy Statement
SkillsHub is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to opposing all forms of discrimination. The Company will not tolerate discrimination based upon disability, marital or parental status, race (which means colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins), sex, sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, part-time or fixed term contract status, irrelevant criminal record or age. To avoid this we will review each step of the selection process with the aim of eliminating any possibly discriminatory aspects. However, it cannot operate to stamp out discrimination unless it is made aware that this is happening.
All recruitment procedures followed by SkillsHub will be on the basis of fair and objectively justified criteria with decisions based on the assessment of each individual’s ability and achievement. Where job applicants have a disability the position of the applicant will be reviewed and all possible steps will be taken to ensure that the applicant does not suffer from any disadvantage in the recruitment process.
Throughout your employment you are expected to conduct yourself in a manner that is not discriminatory and SkillsHub will take all possible steps to ensure that equal opportunity is maintained. SkillsHub will therefore aim to ensure that:

• Recruitment positions are open to all suitably qualified candidates subject to educational and experience criterion relevant to each specific post being met
• SkillsHub’s selection process will provide equal access at all stages to all candidates. Short listing will be carried out by matching details of all applicants to the job specification. A record of all correspondences and decisions made throughout the selection process will be retained after the appointments have been made
• Job specifications relate to the requirements for the performance of the job and that all advertisements published or displayed, whether on its own behalf or on behalf of its clients and candidates, will contain nothing of a discriminatory nature, will encourage applications from the broadest possible base unless the nature or circumstances of the job specifically require an individual of a particular sex or religion
• All selection interviews will be conducted impartially. Interviewers will not make assumptions about the suitability of candidates for certain type of work based on gender, marital status or any other personal factor not relevant to the requirements of the job
• Questions at interviews will be directed towards assessing the suitability of candidates for the job in question. Where it is essential to assess whether personal circumstances will affect performance of the job, relevant questions will be asked equally of all applicants and the answers evaluated on the same basis for all

Reservation of Rights
Monitoring will provide one method of assessing the effectiveness of our policies and procedures. This may lead to alternative actions or policies, which better achieve the promotion of equal opportunities. SkillsHub therefore reserves the right to interpret, modify, terminate or revise this policy, in whole or in part, without notice. No provision in this policy is to be construed as an employment contract.